Primary substantive hereditary title (regarding the following fields, "reign" 'til "suc-type"; omit the "title" field if the two would be identical)

moretext =

An explanatory note about the "succession", already in <small>s — such as a link to full titles (dependent upon "succession")

reign =

D Month YYYY – D Month YYYY (or other appropriate format per MOS:DATE#Dates; for monarchs and their consorts (although dates may differ between the two))

reign-type =

Optional alternative text for 'Reign' (dependent upon "reign")

coronation =

D Month YYYY (or other appropriate format per MOS:DATE#Dates; for monarchs and their consorts)

cor-type =

Optional alternative text for 'Coronation', such as 'Investiture' (dependent upon "coronation"). Automatically links to country-specific article if one of the following values is entered:

britain

france

hre

hungary

japan

malaysia

norway

ottoman

poland

russia

predecessor =

For use in succession whose titles are entirely and directly hereditary. Link should be piped as appropriate — when it is reasonably clear that the person in context is a (e.g.) King of Scots, he may be linked as "James II" rather than "James II of Scotland".

"succession" to "suc-type" repeated as "successionX" to "suc-typeX" for 1–3

spouse fields

spouse =

Husbands/wives only; listed by most common name/title, in chronological order, with line breaks (<br />), and dates if needed, e.g. (m. 2004; div. 2006; dec. 2007; wid. 2008). Break dates onto a new line if more visually appropriate

Descending in order of birth, separated by line breaks (<br />); listed by name and highest shorthand title (e.g. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex), no need for preceding styles (e.g. HM). Individuals without articles and/or who died as infants may be omitted from the list on an arbitrary basis. See also note for 'predecessor'.

issue-link =

Creates small link to a section in the article for further details on offspring (dependent upon "issue")

issue-pipe =

Changes the output text of the above link (dependent upon "issue-link")

full name =

English/Anglicised full legal non-titular name (current/most recent), with maiden name '(née Whatever)' and translation in their native/official tongue(s) on a new line (each) underneath (use a ''{{lang-XX|}}'' Multilingual support template)

The Houses, Dynasties, or Families to which the subject belonged/s (by birth, marriage or otherwise), listed chronologically first to last, with line breaks (e.g. House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]<br />[[House of Windsor]) (formerly called "house name" and listed last to first — it is strongly recommended that, for clarity, (by birth/marriage) or similar be included after each House's link)

house-type =

Optional alternative text for 'Royal house', such as 'Dynasty' or 'Family' (dependent upon "house")

father =

Most common shorthand title, no need for preceding styles (e.g. HM). May include multiple individuals, such as (Biological), (Adoptive) or (Hanai). See also note for 'predecessor'.

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